Another semester
is over and all of my academic friends are happy to embrace summer freedom
again. But not me this time… It may be because I have to work on my bachelor
thesis throughout the summer. It may be because I also have to work on my other
bachelor thesis throughout this same summer. Or it may be the fact that I work
at the university and for the first time in my life I see that the end of
semester for students is definitely not the end of work for university
employees.
I stare out of
the window every day, imagining how colourful my summer would be if I weren't
sitting at a computer at work that moment. Regrets come to me when my
imagination combines what I have gone through before, what I could go through
now and what I cannot do at the moment. Wherever a person is, there always is
somewhere else they imagine to be. Human nature praises us to be the most
intelligent creatures on the Earth, but our thinking is often overdosed with 'what
ifs' and 'if onlys' that make us feel uneasy about the current situation.
Of course it is
freaking hot outside and half of my friends are diving somewhere deep in the
fun of summer craziness, but doesn't every story have several sides to observe
and several witnesses to say it different? It does, and so does my situation. Not
only is it honour to work at the university, but it also provides me with the
utmost academic experience. I've never even imagined there is such a load of
information one can grasp when taking interest in his home academic institution
and, more importantly, receiving it from the first hand.
So
it happened that from studying I made it to volunteering, and from there I went
straight to getting an awesome job with great people. You better listen
carefully when I say – I may work this summer, but you may work the next one,
while I am having fun. Taking paths means making decisions, and I am proud to
say that the one to work was the best I have made. There is a huge difference
between theory and practice - studying helps you gather knowledge, but working
brings experience. And I would never trade that.
